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NewsEmirates bucks trends with report of rising profits
Emirates Airline's profits increased 165% in the first half compared with the same period of 2008, says the Dubai-based carrier. A net profit of Dhs752...
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NewsPICTURES & VIDEO:Airbus kicks off A330-200F flight-test campaign
The Airbus A330-200 Freighter has taken off from Toulouse on its maiden flight
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V Australia to start Fiji service in December
Virgin Blue's long-haul arm V Australia will commence daily non-stop services on the Sydney-Nadi route on 18 December.
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Chinese cargo start-up takes Precision-converted 757
China's SF Express has taken delivery of its first aircraft, a Boeing 757-200PCF converted by Precision Conversions, which will be operated by SF's newly...
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SkyWest partners with AirTran in Milwaukee
US regional operator SkyWest Airlines has forged a deal with low-cost carrier AirTran to fly five SkyWest-branded CRJs from Milwaukee through a marketing...
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NASA to fund Boeing for open rotor noise study
NASA's Langley Research Centre plans to issue a contract to Boeing to perform noise studies of open rotor engine configurations on several types of airframes...
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Lufthansa considering deferrals across broad range of types
Lufthansa is discussing the possible deferral of several aircraft deliveries and hints that these could include Airbus A380s. As part of its "Climb...
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Training to fly a desk
This is the story of five graduates from the airline pilot training system who face a situation familiar to many flightcrew today: plenty of qualifications and no job
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Opinion
Comment: SESAR off the radar?
Air traffic management is usually low on the political horizon unless there is a crisis, but with traffic down, the Single European Sky is in danger of disappearing behind the clouds
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Airlines tell Bombardier it's all about programme execution
After years of accumulated delays by the Boeing 787 and Airbus A380, airlines tell Bombardier that on-time programme execution and supply chain management...
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Finding a new role
Many regional types are discovering a new market in the freight sector as their passenger-carrying days draw to a close
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Slow burners
Although production of the older Russian and Chinese regional types runs at a trickle, upgrades are still being developed
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NewsRyanair pressures Boeing with threat to cancel 737 orders
Irish budget carrier Ryanair is threatening to cancel or defer aircraft orders from Boeing, and temporarily stem its growth, if it fails to secure a fleet-renewal...
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Regional revolution
History will decide whether 2009 will represent one of the watersheds that occurs in civil aviation every decade or so.
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Qantas joins sustainable fuel development effort
Australia's Qantas Airways has joined the Sustainable Aviation Fuel Users Group, an industry effort to develop commercially successful sustainable jet fuel.
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Business: Good week - Bad Week
Swiss charter operator Belair will phase out its Boeing aircraft over the winter as it moves to an all-Airbus fleet. Belair's single 767-300ER, leased...
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FAA mulls GPS interference detector, corrector
The US FAA is studying the possibility of deploying a nationwide network of GPS interference detectors that would be placed on cellular communications towers...
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Lufthansa kick-starts broadband race again
When Connexion by Boeing switched off its in-flight broadband connectivity solution at the end of 2006, its largest customer Lufthansa assumed another Ku-band...